Erik Lakomaa

Erik Martin Lakomaa (born 14 April 1977 in Linköping) is a Swedish political consultant known for his role as strategist for the no-campaign in the 2003 Swedish referendum on the euro. He has also advised a number of centre-right politicians, most notably Lars Wohlin and Nils Lundgren. In 2005 he was awarded the Rising Star Award as the best young political consultant outside the United States.

Lakomaa begun his career as editorial writer for the conservative news paper Svenska Dagbladet and he also edited the libertarian magazine Nyliberalen. In 2004 he founded the first political consultancy in Sweden. In March 2009 the newspaper Dagens Nyheter revealed that he was one of the organizers of the anti-FRA surveillance law grassroots campaign the year before.

Lakomaa is a graduate from Stockholm University and a Ph D from Stockholm School of Economics, where he also is an assistant professor at the Department of Marketing and Strategy . He has been expert in two government studies on the School System.

Lakomaa is a four-time Jeopardy champion.

He is the grandson of Finnish aircraft designer Aarne Lakomaa.